When you’re filling out your March Madness bracket this year, forget all the research, stats, analytics, and sports podcasts. Just pick teams based on vibes.
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Discussion Questions:
- What is the difference between the marketing of sports and marketing through sports?
- Why do you think it is important to distinguish between the two?
- How might this ad campaign from ESPN represent an example of both?
- What is advertising?
- What are four examples of different advertising channels, like TV?
- Which channels is ESPN using for this campaign?
- Why do you think they chose those advertising channels?
- What message is ESPN communicating to consumers through this campaign?
- Why?
- What is consumer behavior?
- Why is it important for a company like ESPN to understand consumer behavior?
- What is market research?
- How did research help ESPN to understand consumer behavior as it relates to March Madness?
- How did that influence ESPN’s March Madness marketing strategy?
- What is a KPI?
- What is the primary KPI for this campaign, according to information from this news story?